By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published May 29, 2023
Early in the pandemic, Sarah Silverman tried (and largely failed) to win us back with diarrhea.
When Gal Gadot’s infamous “Imagine” video went off like a fart in shul — and Silverman’s own grunting contribution drew groans — the comic...
(May 29, 2023 / JNS) It’s been a busy few hours on Twitter for Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and a Democratic candidate for president in 2024.
First Kennedy tweeted support for the musician Roger Waters,...
JNS) Kabbalah enthusiast Madonna is coming to Israel for the first time since taking the stage as an interval performer during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.
The international pop star, who unofficially adopted the Hebrew name Esther...
(May 24, 2023 / JNS) During a Berlin concert on Wednesday, former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters likened Anne Frank to Shireen Abu Aqleh, the Al Jazeera journalist who died during a shootout between IDF soldiers and Palestinian terrorists.
Waters also...
PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 24, 2023
Summer is the perfect season to immerse yourself in the arts, which enrich the lives of one and all. On tap between now and late September are more than 60 cultural events, including operas, art fairs, concerts in many a genre, a much-loved circus,...
By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published May 24, 2023
I love television so much that it inspired my home office décor, as you can see from this photo. Television can simultaneously be a huge waste of time, a way to stay informed, and educational, depending on what you’re watching.
Which category do...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 23, 2023
When Yvette Drury Dubinsky's sixth-grade teacher excused her from all classes and told her to "go to the back of the room and just draw and paint," she knew art would be a big part of her life. Now, "Traveling," an exhibition of her newest work, is on...
(JTA) — Tom Stoppard’s Holocaust play “Leopoldstadt” could get a TV series adaptation — with the help of Steven Spielberg.
Deadline reported Monday that Spielberg and his Amblin production company are shopping the idea of a limited series....
MARK ZIMMERMAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 22, 2023
Lag B’Omer was celebrated earlier this month in Jewish communities around the world. Many synagogues hosted picnics and bonfires to mark the joyous holiday that falls on the 33rd day of the otherwise mournful 49-day Omer period between Passover and...
(JTA) – The death of Martin Amis, the prolific British author, came just as a film adaptation of one of his Holocaust novels premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival.
Amis, who died on Friday of esophageal cancer at the age of 73, was...
Tuesday, May 23 marks another round of “Coffee Talk with SnL,” the nearly three-year-old gathering of local St. Louis voices hosted by National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis’ Past President, Susan Katzman, and Vice President of Membership, Lisa...
(JTA) — Decades before Sandy Koufax sat out the first game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, and 18 years before Greenberg chased Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in the late 1930s, a college athlete made some overlooked...
